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next, actress goldie hawn talks about childhood education. she spoke at the national press club in washington, d.c., where she discussed her foundation. it aims to improve academic performance among children by alleviating stress and promoting a positive classroom environment. this is one hour. >> this is the tale of a local girl made good. the story begins a few miles away from here in downtown washington, where our guest today won the audience over with at montgomery blair high school in silver spring, maryland. [applause] four decades later, goldie hawn is one of hollywood's most awarded stars, with some any award nominations that if i listed them all we would not have time to hear her speak. when she is not acting, hanging out with partner kurt russell, spending time with her kids, or gushing over her grandchildren, she is wearing about everybody else's kids. alarmed after the september 11 terrorist attacks by rising suicide, depression rates among young people, hawn who practices buddhism became interested in brain science. she designed
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blox that came out with the first suit and i'm told it blocks them i want to be on goldie blox that is yet and i am going to absolutely exactly that it really was a surviving beastie boys who said we have always said that we don't want to be used for advertisements interesting lee because so many musical artists they are realizing that the only way they can make a profit these days is by selling their song rights to motorola i can't think of one like quote unquote indie music so. yeah so i think you. know that's very well i guess the beastie boys they made their money in the ninety's when the music industry still was. they're to make a lot of money and you know you will still have records i bought a beastie boys cd i love it i'm aging myself. and we've obviously worse now despite the lawsuit the question is does goldie blox have a buyable business strategy on our hands yes goldie blox was actually funded largely by kickstarter i know we've talked about that before and already had twenty two thousand orders in place before they've even launched this new commercial which is also come
blox that came out with the first suit and i'm told it blocks them i want to be on goldie blox that is yet and i am going to absolutely exactly that it really was a surviving beastie boys who said we have always said that we don't want to be used for advertisements interesting lee because so many musical artists they are realizing that the only way they can make a profit these days is by selling their song rights to motorola i can't think of one like quote unquote indie music so. yeah so i...
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strategy on our hands yes goldie blox was actually funded largely by kickstarter i know we've talked about that before and already had twenty two thousand orders in place before they've even launched this new commercial which is also come out to much acclaim as you mentioned before nearly ten thousand or ten million people have already watched this commercial i'm sure the fact that all this controversy is swelling around is only helping them in terms of getting more eyes on their website on their commercial and people talking about them as you said just in time for the holidays you know they already have that built in audience of a lot of people who are saying this is really great we would like to buy this stuff so much so that we're willing to fund development of these toys well said ms perseus and post turkey day to you that's all that's i'm going to have. but you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at youtube dot com slash boom bust our teeth well so love hearing from you so please check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash boom bust our teeth from
strategy on our hands yes goldie blox was actually funded largely by kickstarter i know we've talked about that before and already had twenty two thousand orders in place before they've even launched this new commercial which is also come out to much acclaim as you mentioned before nearly ten thousand or ten million people have already watched this commercial i'm sure the fact that all this controversy is swelling around is only helping them in terms of getting more eyes on their website on...
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goldie blox talking about it's a new toy company and it wants to turn young girls into future engineers and it just launched its first commercial now to much acclaim and controversy commercials launched now the background music in the commercial is a parody of the beastie boys hit song girls. girls and pretty much turns out that the message of the song is put on its head and now there's a lawsuit so in an open letter of surviving beastie boys write quote as creative as it is make no mistake your video is an advertisement that is designed to sell a product and long ago we made a conscious decision not to permit our music and your name to be used in product so rich i'll ask you now i know there's been some confusion here as to who's suing who . fascinatingly enough goldie blox preemptively sued the beastie boys for the right to use this song interestingly they didn't contact the beastie boys ahead of time and say could we use this instead they seem upset with the law yet they just sat there with a lawsuit they claim that they were first the written by the beastie boys which is why they fi
goldie blox talking about it's a new toy company and it wants to turn young girls into future engineers and it just launched its first commercial now to much acclaim and controversy commercials launched now the background music in the commercial is a parody of the beastie boys hit song girls. girls and pretty much turns out that the message of the song is put on its head and now there's a lawsuit so in an open letter of surviving beastie boys write quote as creative as it is make no mistake...
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my teacher said to me, goldie, why did you color everything yellow? you know that a grape is purple. i looked at her and said, because i like yellow. that was the first inclination i did not follow directions all that well. then we got into second grade and i was not bringing home a reading book. my mother said why didn't you bring your reading book? i said because i am into purple balls, mom. she said, that is great, the purple balls reading group, what does that mean? i don't know, i just think it is good because i'm the only one in it. she went to school and found out it was the worst reading group. so as we went along, my mother realized i was not really learning to read that well, so she helped teach me to read. then we realized at that point i was not really retaining information to well. that did not stop me from exerting my personality. and even though i did not finish my homework or my papers, i signed them all "love goldie." at which point my mother decided that maybe she should check my iq. i came out with flying colors, i just want to let
my teacher said to me, goldie, why did you color everything yellow? you know that a grape is purple. i looked at her and said, because i like yellow. that was the first inclination i did not follow directions all that well. then we got into second grade and i was not bringing home a reading book. my mother said why didn't you bring your reading book? i said because i am into purple balls, mom. she said, that is great, the purple balls reading group, what does that mean? i don't know, i just...
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goldie, stzachary, peter, stick around. we'll bring you back and talk about the miami dolphins and bullies and the interview that i'm sure you saw and read about earlier today. >>> meanwhile, the gop's man to meet, chris christie, hits four of the sunday shows just days after his re-election. also pleading his case. richie incognito, the dolphins player speaking out for the first time today. we'll get to that, as well. and worth the wait. two american heros from world war ii and vietnam finally tie the knot. they spent 20 years watching the tide of gay rights come their way. that couple will joins us live with their story on this veterans day weekend. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isn't that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? ♪ avo: thesal
goldie, stzachary, peter, stick around. we'll bring you back and talk about the miami dolphins and bullies and the interview that i'm sure you saw and read about earlier today. >>> meanwhile, the gop's man to meet, chris christie, hits four of the sunday shows just days after his re-election. also pleading his case. richie incognito, the dolphins player speaking out for the first time today. we'll get to that, as well. and worth the wait. two american heros from world war ii and...
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>> i want to pick up on a thread goldie mentioned, which is this call he made, and bobby kennedy called to get martin luther king released from prison. this covert political action. they didn't do publicity -- there were no tweets, no blog posts, no press conferences. they did it quietly to send a message to african-american voters while at the same time, trying very deliberately not to alienate the white democratic voters in the south. it's very interesting in the context in which you're speaking to think about whether that would even be politically acceptable today. that kind of sort of subtle -- those on the left would sort of point at him and accuse him of not being bold enough and not being out front enough and direct enough. and, you know, of course, probably would have instantly lost the southern democrats. and yet wouldn't have gotten him into office. so the sort of subtleties of political candidates, both as they were running in office that were allowable 50 years ago aren't even allowed today. so -- >> are you therefore condemning the media and the whole kind of us and everyon
>> i want to pick up on a thread goldie mentioned, which is this call he made, and bobby kennedy called to get martin luther king released from prison. this covert political action. they didn't do publicity -- there were no tweets, no blog posts, no press conferences. they did it quietly to send a message to african-american voters while at the same time, trying very deliberately not to alienate the white democratic voters in the south. it's very interesting in the context in which you're...
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i think goldie is exactly right. this is a way for these members and others to throw some meat to their base. whether they tear down the office or not, they don't care. it's also quite correct as you point out, they don't like what this attorney general is doing. they don't want to see these laws, these restrictive voting laws struck down. they don't want to see the policies he's trying to promulgate in terms of some of the unfairness and inequality and disproportionate impact of our sentencing policies changed. they like the status quo or they want to roll us back to a prior age. and it's no surprise, i guess, that they would try an impeachment of a cabinet official. something we haven't had since the 1870s, since they like that period of history. >> well, it's that period of history they seem to like, goldie, that may be the reason for this obsession. you have to say obsession from contempt to this on the same stuff that doesn't reach anywhere near the bar. not even in the same ballpark of an impeachment charge. >>
i think goldie is exactly right. this is a way for these members and others to throw some meat to their base. whether they tear down the office or not, they don't care. it's also quite correct as you point out, they don't like what this attorney general is doing. they don't want to see these laws, these restrictive voting laws struck down. they don't want to see the policies he's trying to promulgate in terms of some of the unfairness and inequality and disproportionate impact of our sentencing...
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and i think goldie is absolutely right. it's smart to take every one of these steps. but even in the absence of these steps, i think you're going to see a tremendous rejection by a lot of people in virginia of the extremism of cuccinelli. >> okay. we've got some breaking news coming in this hour. ex florida republican governor, ch charlie crist, is seeking office again. he just filed as a democrat in florida. he will make the official announcement on monday in st. petersburg. a poll showed crist leading scott 44% to 40%. a public policy poll has him leading 50-38%. goldie, what do you make of it? >> the scott nightmare in florida might be coming to an end. we're happy to see people like charlie crist really take this on. he's going to have an unlimited supply of money. he's going to have an investment, i believe, from a national party into florida. and i think that florida, being one of those bellwether states that's decided a number of elections nationwide. so i think florida becomes an important way to blow apart a road block for democrats nationwide. >> how big a t
and i think goldie is absolutely right. it's smart to take every one of these steps. but even in the absence of these steps, i think you're going to see a tremendous rejection by a lot of people in virginia of the extremism of cuccinelli. >> okay. we've got some breaking news coming in this hour. ex florida republican governor, ch charlie crist, is seeking office again. he just filed as a democrat in florida. he will make the official announcement on monday in st. petersburg. a poll...
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julian epstein and goldie taylor, thank you both so much. and remember, you can read goldy's column, breaking black at the grio.com. confidence and contrition from the president at the white house. we'll go there in a moment. ♪ we all have our tricks. mom swaps my snack for a piÑa colada yoplait. and when mom said i was going out too much, i swapped it for staying in. [ shouts ] guess who's going out tomorrow. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. it is so good. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. there are cameras,, police, guards...ds us. but who looks after us online, where we spend more than 200 billion dollars a year. american express can help protect you. with intelligent security that learns your spending patterns, and can alert you instantly to an unusual charge. so you can be a member of a more secure world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. ♪ don't disguise bad odors in your trash. neutralize them and freshen. with glad odorshield with febreze. [ herbie ] no dou
julian epstein and goldie taylor, thank you both so much. and remember, you can read goldy's column, breaking black at the grio.com. confidence and contrition from the president at the white house. we'll go there in a moment. ♪ we all have our tricks. mom swaps my snack for a piÑa colada yoplait. and when mom said i was going out too much, i swapped it for staying in. [ shouts ] guess who's going out tomorrow. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. it is so good. [ female...
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we did reach out to goldy blox. the company was not available for comment. >>> a major breakdown today, in the troop withdrawal agreement between the u.s. and afghanistan. what that could mean for american soldiers deployed to the area. >> this is to me one of the dirtiest dark secrets of hollywood. >> the hollywood reporter blowing the whistle on what animal rights groups are calling a very serious problem. it is plaguing the movie industry. and has for years. coming up. ,,,,,, to thosuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com or call 800-675-2607. about >>> at least 10 haitian migrants were killed overnight and these grainy photos show about 100 more clinging to the hole of a capsized boat near the bahamas. the overcrowded 40-foot boat hit ground, and then fl
we did reach out to goldy blox. the company was not available for comment. >>> a major breakdown today, in the troop withdrawal agreement between the u.s. and afghanistan. what that could mean for american soldiers deployed to the area. >> this is to me one of the dirtiest dark secrets of hollywood. >> the hollywood reporter blowing the whistle on what animal rights groups are calling a very serious problem. it is plaguing the movie industry. and has for years. coming up....
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and goldie taylor. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> congressman, even republican voters want action on minimum wage. why on earth would they not act now? >> well, really, al, if you look at it carefully, there's a full scale war going on against the working people of this country. especially against the working poor. and they've cut food stamps and have done all this. if you raise the minimum wage, you bring people up to a chance to actually make a decent living. the minimum wij at the federal level has been frozen for four years at $7.75. in washington we've raised it to $9.15 and there people took it in their own hands and said let's go to $15. because people have gotten fed up with washington, d.c. they don't expect a thing to come out of congress. they're going to do it themselves at the local level. that's the only way they're going to survive on $7.75 you can't even make half the poverty level. you've got to have two jobs. you have to work 80 hour
and goldie taylor. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> congressman, even republican voters want action on minimum wage. why on earth would they not act now? >> well, really, al, if you look at it carefully, there's a full scale war going on against the working people of this country. especially against the working poor. and they've cut food stamps and have done all this. if you raise the minimum wage, you bring people up to...
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oakland-based start-up goldi blocks rewrote the iconic 1986 song girls changing lir ricks about girls doing dishes and laundry to girls building spaceships. today in an open letter stating as creative as it is, make no mistake, your video is an advertisement designed to sell a product. when we tried to simply ask how and why our song girls had been used in your ad without our permission, you sued us. >> the complaint states that because its lir ricks poke fun tat original song, it's a parody making it fair use. >> i think it's ultimately unlikely to be considered fair use. >> copyright expert says the court may not rule in goldi blocks favor because the video is an ad. >> say this is something where they could have gotten a license from the copyright owner to use the music and/or to use music with altered l yrics in order to make their point. >> kpix 5. >> the beasty boys letter also states they made a conscious decision not to use their music to sell products. >> we also reached out to goldi blocks. the company wasn't available for comment. >>> coming up, the hidden dangers in houses
oakland-based start-up goldi blocks rewrote the iconic 1986 song girls changing lir ricks about girls doing dishes and laundry to girls building spaceships. today in an open letter stating as creative as it is, make no mistake, your video is an advertisement designed to sell a product. when we tried to simply ask how and why our song girls had been used in your ad without our permission, you sued us. >> the complaint states that because its lir ricks poke fun tat original song, it's a...
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goldie taylor, dave weigel, and peter sutterman. i'll start with mitt romney seizing on the president's promises this morning on "meet the press". listen to what he said. >> perhaps the most important lesson the president i think failed to learn was you have to tell the american people the truth. and when he told the american people you can keep your plan if you wanted to, period, he said that time and again, he wasn't telling the truth. >> but you on that point -- >> i think that fundamental dishonesty has really put in peril the whole foundation of his second term. >> goldie, what is your take? >> i think that mitt romney and his wagon pulled in to the united states the last election and he was repuked by the voters not once, but twice. so the very notion that he has any credibility to talk about this affordable care act and the way that he has, i think is ludicrous. i think that the very same people who are the architects of his plan in massachusetts and the same people who were the architects of the affordable care act, so to sa
goldie taylor, dave weigel, and peter sutterman. i'll start with mitt romney seizing on the president's promises this morning on "meet the press". listen to what he said. >> perhaps the most important lesson the president i think failed to learn was you have to tell the american people the truth. and when he told the american people you can keep your plan if you wanted to, period, he said that time and again, he wasn't telling the truth. >> but you on that point --...
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joining me now is goldie taylor, contributor to msnbc. david o'brien, reporter for the atlanta journal constitution, and david zi rn, my colleague at the nation where he is sports editor. david o'brien, how did this whole thing go down, and did it take people by surprise? >> oh, it took everyone by surprise. in this day and age, it was miraculous they were able to keep it secret as well as they did, until literally it was announced that morning. last week on monday. you know, there were only, from what i was told, there were only five or six people in the braves organization that were a part, privy to the negotiations, and fewer than that in cobb county. so they kept it close to the breast, close to the chest, and they never -- it never got out. they didn't take it to the pa populous. they didn't open it up for debate. >> goldie, what has reaction in atlanta been? >> the reaction has been fairly mixed. there's angst on behalf of the atlanta residents who looked forward to keeping the stadium right here, downtown. there's some angst among
joining me now is goldie taylor, contributor to msnbc. david o'brien, reporter for the atlanta journal constitution, and david zi rn, my colleague at the nation where he is sports editor. david o'brien, how did this whole thing go down, and did it take people by surprise? >> oh, it took everyone by surprise. in this day and age, it was miraculous they were able to keep it secret as well as they did, until literally it was announced that morning. last week on monday. you know, there were...
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we want girls to feel like they in it in. >> reporter: goldie blocks isn't just fitting in. its standing out. the startup is one of four small businesses in the running to win a 30-second super bowl ad. >> a super bowl ad would literally transform our business and give us a platform to get our message out. >> reporter: the competition for the super bowl ad is hosted by software maker intuit. voting is open until december 1 to the public. if you would like to participate, just go to our website, kpix.com to find out how. in oakland, betty yu, kpix 5. >> the goldie blocks was among 15,000 small businesses to enter the contest. it's the first of its kind. the company with the most votes get the 30-second spot during the big game in february. >>> 4:56. he spot her body in a san francisco hospital stairwell and then disappeared. new this morning, we now know who may be the last person to see lynne spalding alive. >> reporter: the bay area's getting another helping of much- needed rain. we'll tell you when it's going to be the heaviest in the bay area when we return. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
we want girls to feel like they in it in. >> reporter: goldie blocks isn't just fitting in. its standing out. the startup is one of four small businesses in the running to win a 30-second super bowl ad. >> a super bowl ad would literally transform our business and give us a platform to get our message out. >> reporter: the competition for the super bowl ad is hosted by software maker intuit. voting is open until december 1 to the public. if you would like to participate, just...
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part of thelement of goldy blocks is using as and gfts as well. part of it is a ribbon that acts as a belt, but it gives them nfidence to make something that has a function that works. >> i had a teenager dahter, and she was younger and i tried to get her interested. and she said it's for boys right? i point t role mels, you have all of these feel engineers tt have done things. i'mrying to become a role n.we model for girls. i give a tech talk, and show it to your daughter when i sharemy ory, even though the t itself is targeted to ages 4 through 9, middle schoolgirls are obsessed we my story and it's so fulfilling. we're building a movement and we have a ground swell of community in this.of people tt believe we have social media, we'ren youtube and we're seading this message far and wide. >> i will say that i'm honor to host a science fair in san jose. the last time we d it, it was about 60% girls. >> i just wonder through the educationasystem, somehow america is not doing -- they're doing a disservice to girls, is there more -- >> she is not goi
part of thelement of goldy blocks is using as and gfts as well. part of it is a ribbon that acts as a belt, but it gives them nfidence to make something that has a function that works. >> i had a teenager dahter, and she was younger and i tried to get her interested. and she said it's for boys right? i point t role mels, you have all of these feel engineers tt have done things. i'mrying to become a role n.we model for girls. i give a tech talk, and show it to your daughter when i sharemy...
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the company goldie blocks used a commercial using one of their songs. they said it is copyright infringement. they said it is a parody video and therefore protected. a sanford grad started goldie blocks to encourage girls to pursue engineering careers. they say the musicians used to be about rebellion. >>> google is funding a project to see whether computers can develop common sense a massive computer system is browsing millions of pictures to decide what they mean. so far, you can say the results are encouraging. the computers have figured out that tigers tend to be found in grassy fields and tigers look somewhat like zebras. interesting. >>> all-important holiday week forecast. >> we were discussing all of the travel woes for folks heading back east. of course delays back east will trickle down to delays at bay area airports. keep that in mind the next several days. live doppler hd shows you clear skies. a delightful day all around with highs today in the mid to upper 60s across the bay area. from our rooftop cam, you can see still some clearing out t
the company goldie blocks used a commercial using one of their songs. they said it is copyright infringement. they said it is a parody video and therefore protected. a sanford grad started goldie blocks to encourage girls to pursue engineering careers. they say the musicians used to be about rebellion. >>> google is funding a project to see whether computers can develop common sense a massive computer system is browsing millions of pictures to decide what they mean. so far, you can say...
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i'm here with goldie taylor, josh and richard kim. josh made the argument about chris christie and democrats working together, and that's done wonders for christie's image, but democrats i think might regret how close they work with him. >> i think they will regret it. i don't think there's that much difference between chris christie and tea party people like rand paul or ted cruz. he has moved to the right on gun control, abortion, aausterity. he's pretty much a maximalist when it comes to what he's done to unions. the difference is situational, right? he's actually had to govern something as an executive, so i would put him in the category of john kasich of ohio, jan brewer, who have for example expanded medicaid. but on the fundamental question of the size and power of government, i think he's right there with them. >> i also had to point out one thing. he got into a fight with a teacher, he yelled at per. i'll say that again. goldie, go ahead. >> there are a couple things about this. number one, it is, typically 12 months, 18 mont
i'm here with goldie taylor, josh and richard kim. josh made the argument about chris christie and democrats working together, and that's done wonders for christie's image, but democrats i think might regret how close they work with him. >> i think they will regret it. i don't think there's that much difference between chris christie and tea party people like rand paul or ted cruz. he has moved to the right on gun control, abortion, aausterity. he's pretty much a maximalist when it comes...
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in a new music video, goldy block readvanced the song, girls, it wants to inspire them to think beyond princess and dresses. >> they are innone dated with princesses and dolls and we're not saying there's anything wrong with that, but more trying to show girls there are more options. >> options like engineering, science, and math. founder and engineer says she's not just pitching construction toys to girls, she is selling girl power. >> you get bob the builder and handy manny. it gets worse and worse. we want girls to feel like they can fit in. >> isn't just fitting in. it's standing out. the startup is one of four businesses in the running for a super bowl ad. >> a super bowl ad would transform our business and give us a platform to get our message out. >> the competition for the super bowl ad is hosted by software maker, into it, voting is open until december 1 to the public. if you'd like to participate, just go to our website, kpix.com to find out how. >> goldy blocks was among 15,000 small businesses to enter this contest. it is the first of its kind. the company with the most vot
in a new music video, goldy block readvanced the song, girls, it wants to inspire them to think beyond princess and dresses. >> they are innone dated with princesses and dolls and we're not saying there's anything wrong with that, but more trying to show girls there are more options. >> options like engineering, science, and math. founder and engineer says she's not just pitching construction toys to girls, she is selling girl power. >> you get bob the builder and handy manny....
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i want to start with you, goldie. we have this once again confluence of we don't really know what the motives are, but there was this literature of anti-government random fervor and a gun. what can we realistically attack? we can't deal with people's ideology. there is nothing that could have been done to stop him. >> there are a couple things that could have been done to stop him. but ironically, it was these kinds of weapons that not so far away in the south central los angeles when we had gang wars happening, black boys killing one another with these kinds of weapons, that really pushed the first assault weapons ban that came to us. and so it is ironic now that when we see these kinds of weapons going into our airports, where we have thousands of travelers coming through l.a.x. each day, when we aren't making the same call, maybe it's because who was holding the gun? what could we do to stop it? we could ban high-capacity magazines. we could ban military assault style weapons. they should not be in the hands of civ
i want to start with you, goldie. we have this once again confluence of we don't really know what the motives are, but there was this literature of anti-government random fervor and a gun. what can we realistically attack? we can't deal with people's ideology. there is nothing that could have been done to stop him. >> there are a couple things that could have been done to stop him. but ironically, it was these kinds of weapons that not so far away in the south central los angeles when we...
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the company goldie blocks used a commercial using one of their songs. they said it is copyright infringement. they said it is a parody video and therefore protected. a sanford grad started goldie blocks to encourage girls to pursue engineering careers. they say the musicians used to be about rebellion. >>> google is funding a project to see whether computers can develop common sense a massive computer system is browsing millions of pictures to decide what they mean. so far, you can say the results are encouraging. the computers have figured out that tigers tend to be found in grassy fields and tigers look somewhat like zebras. interesting. >>> all-important holiday week forecast. >> we were discussing all of the travel woes for folks heading back east. of course delays back east will trickle down to delays at bay area airports. keep that in mind the next several days. live doppler hd shows you clear skies. a delightful day all around with highs today in the mid to upper 60s across the bay area. from our rooftop cam, you can see still some clearing out t
the company goldie blocks used a commercial using one of their songs. they said it is copyright infringement. they said it is a parody video and therefore protected. a sanford grad started goldie blocks to encourage girls to pursue engineering careers. they say the musicians used to be about rebellion. >>> google is funding a project to see whether computers can develop common sense a massive computer system is browsing millions of pictures to decide what they mean. so far, you can say...
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in oakland, kpix 5. >> and goldie blocks is among 15,000 small businesses to enter this contest. it's the first of its kind. the company with the most votes will win the 30-second spot. >>> paul, we went from sunny skies last week. we've been talking about these showers, they're finally here. you're saying they're beating expectations? >> yes, widespread rains totaling more than half an inch as we want to bring it. we need more. we're getting more thankfully. now, this is good stuff. the middle of the week, not impacting your weekend. certainly impacting your drive home from work today, but that's a different story. let talk about tonight. where we are and where we are going. south bay, you've got some of the steadier rainfalls. mountainview, north of fremont. speaking of the north, there's the biggest yellowest blob on the screen. concord, by the way, blob is a technical meteorological term with some widespread rainfall beginning to thin out a bit. but we had a good four to five hour soaker throughout the bay area. lots of folks in the city this evening. out on the area, there's
in oakland, kpix 5. >> and goldie blocks is among 15,000 small businesses to enter this contest. it's the first of its kind. the company with the most votes will win the 30-second spot. >>> paul, we went from sunny skies last week. we've been talking about these showers, they're finally here. you're saying they're beating expectations? >> yes, widespread rains totaling more than half an inch as we want to bring it. we need more. we're getting more thankfully. now, this is...
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hawnwed by actress goldie and her work to help children. of tarp.a discussion >> today it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time our first lady at her belated birthday party. [singing] many happy returns. music.e with ♪ mamie with music. ♪ >> a birthday tribute to mamie eisenhower televised nationally by cbs, just a few weeks after her h
hawnwed by actress goldie and her work to help children. of tarp.a discussion >> today it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time our first lady at her belated birthday party. [singing] many happy returns. music.e with ♪ mamie with music. ♪ >> a birthday tribute to mamie eisenhower televised nationally by cbs, just a few weeks after her h
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. >> reporter:oakland based goldie blox has sued the beastie boys.after goldie blox re-made a popular beastie boys song in this on-line video.the video is one of four finalists competing for a chance to get some free commericial time in this year's super bowl. >> reporter:here's a little bit of the now viral video: some 9 million people have watched the video in the past week. goldie blox specializes in empower young girls with science-centered toys. >>the video depicts girls singing about building spaceships and coding software. >> reporter:goldie blox says it filed the federal lawsuit after the beastie boys threatened their own legal action for copyright infringement. the beastie boys now say they support the message in the goldieblox video.but have a ban on using their music in ads. >> reporter:in an open letter.the remaining members of the band say in part: "when we tried to simply ask how and why our song "girls" had been used in your ad without our permission, you sued us," >> reporter:we contacted goldie blox and the company would not comment on these recent developments. as of
. >> reporter:oakland based goldie blox has sued the beastie boys.after goldie blox re-made a popular beastie boys song in this on-line video.the video is one of four finalists competing for a chance to get some free commericial time in this year's super bowl. >> reporter:here's a little bit of the now viral video: some 9 million people have watched the video in the past week. goldie blox specializes in empower young girls with science-centered toys. >>the video depicts girls...
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beasty boys threatened to sue and goldie blocks filed its suit claiming fair use of the song. yesterday changed its tune. removing the video from the internet and posting a letter to the beasty boys on its website saying in part we don't want to fight with you, we love you and we are actually huge fans. when we made our parody version of your song we did it with the best of intentions. we wanted to transform it into a powerful anthem for girls. but no more this morning. 6:42. the balloons, they will fly. macy's thanksgiving parade will have the entire cast of characters out despite the fears of strong winds. we're going to get a live report coming up. plus, san francisco's glide preparing for a major feat. they will serve hundreds as part of an annual tradition. ♪ getting presents and so much more. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday, ♪ that's my kind of holiday. ♪ buy today, come back for more. ♪ ♪ save next time you shop in store. ♪ ♪ that's my kind of holiday. in awow!fect world every man would look like jowow!tamos. and in a perfect world, what's delicious would be hea
beasty boys threatened to sue and goldie blocks filed its suit claiming fair use of the song. yesterday changed its tune. removing the video from the internet and posting a letter to the beasty boys on its website saying in part we don't want to fight with you, we love you and we are actually huge fans. when we made our parody version of your song we did it with the best of intentions. we wanted to transform it into a powerful anthem for girls. but no more this morning. 6:42. the balloons, they...
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so goldie, we'll start with you. start with your best and get to your worst. how got. >> my best of the week is me. >> yea, oh. >> about 7:00 last night, i logged on to healthcare.gov. i was able to create an account. search for put in all of my financial data and household data. i was able to find health plans, platinum health plans mind you that were $350 less than my last laugh employer sponsored plan. i saved the money. i do have a pre-existing condition p. it is likely i could not have found other coverage. the winner this week is me. have i saved money and now have health care as of january so i'm excited about that. >> you have just made history. that was it. let's get to the worst though. what have you got. >> my worst this week, it was tough between rob ford but richie incognito takes it from me. it doesn't sound like he's an honorary black man as much as someone in need of mental health illnesses. >> something kathleen sebelius should be covered. susan, how about you? best week. >> best week goes to governor chris christie. he won huge this week in h
so goldie, we'll start with you. start with your best and get to your worst. how got. >> my best of the week is me. >> yea, oh. >> about 7:00 last night, i logged on to healthcare.gov. i was able to create an account. search for put in all of my financial data and household data. i was able to find health plans, platinum health plans mind you that were $350 less than my last laugh employer sponsored plan. i saved the money. i do have a pre-existing condition p. it is likely i...
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joining me now are goldie taylor and nia-malika henderson. they say the democrats have a culture of hatred. is he just firing up the republican base? >> i think that's right. you saw mitt romney. when he ran, this was part of his sort of argument as well on a talking point he had being that president obama was one of the most divisive presidents even. marco rubio said the same thing. nobody ever believed that. when you look at that growth and opportunity project, the autopsy of the republican party that reince priebus released after the campaign, it showed that people who were polled thought it was republicans who were too divisive. so you had this rebranding which in some ways has happened i think for a segment of the party. for another segment of the party, they very much rejected that. it might be the cruz wing. for folks like dean young, he's very much a different sort of strain of the republican party. i think the question now is where is that ceiling for the strain of the republican party. where -- it's sort of the tea party in some way
joining me now are goldie taylor and nia-malika henderson. they say the democrats have a culture of hatred. is he just firing up the republican base? >> i think that's right. you saw mitt romney. when he ran, this was part of his sort of argument as well on a talking point he had being that president obama was one of the most divisive presidents even. marco rubio said the same thing. nobody ever believed that. when you look at that growth and opportunity project, the autopsy of the...
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you recall last week we were talking about the youtube video for goldie blocks. more than 6 million people watched it on youtube. ♪ the toy which actually you see little of in the ad was invented by stanford engineering grad debby sterling. she is no strange tear viral videos she did one called i want a goat to raise money for the poor. goldie blocks filed a lawsuit in california court asking the judge to declare the ad a parody and thus the song would be protected under fair use. this after a threat from the beasty boys. the beasty boys' song, this suit says the ad is making fun of that and is protected under the law. that said john and laura, there are those who say the beasty boys borrowed the tune from someone else. >> you know you make me want to to -- >> the classic jump, so, or shout, jump and shout. but shout most importantly. so you've got this lawsuit. the beasty boys have threaten add lawsuit. goldie blocks came back with an actual law suit. we'll continue to watch this. >> interesting. thanks. >> keep the music going. appreciate that. warms up our d
you recall last week we were talking about the youtube video for goldie blocks. more than 6 million people watched it on youtube. ♪ the toy which actually you see little of in the ad was invented by stanford engineering grad debby sterling. she is no strange tear viral videos she did one called i want a goat to raise money for the poor. goldie blocks filed a lawsuit in california court asking the judge to declare the ad a parody and thus the song would be protected under fair use. this after...
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. ♪ oakland based start-up goldie blox rewrote the iconic 1986 song "girls" changing lyrics. today the beastie boys responded in an open letter to the toy company stating -- >> reporter: goldie blox filed a preemptive lawsuit against the boys. the complaint states that because the lyrics poke fun at the original song it's a parody making it fair use. >> i think it is ultimately unlikely to be considered a fair use. >> reporter: copyright law expert says the court may not rule in goldie blox's favor because the video is an ad. >> the court's going to look and say, this is something that where they could have gotten aligns from the copyright -- a license from the copyright owner to use the music and/or to use it with altered lyrics in order the make their point. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >> the beastie boys letter also states that they made a conscious decision not to use their music to sell products. >> also reached out to gold key approximate, they were not available for comment. >>> another check on the weather. >> some changes are coming our way. it looks like the high
. ♪ oakland based start-up goldie blox rewrote the iconic 1986 song "girls" changing lyrics. today the beastie boys responded in an open letter to the toy company stating -- >> reporter: goldie blox filed a preemptive lawsuit against the boys. the complaint states that because the lyrics poke fun at the original song it's a parody making it fair use. >> i think it is ultimately unlikely to be considered a fair use. >> reporter: copyright law expert says the court...
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joining me now are jonathan capehart and goldie taylor. george zimmerman has been in the news all week, yet silence from the right. why, jonathan? >> well, could it be that they're embarrassed or embarr s embarrassed by what george zimmerman has been doing since he was found not guilty in july? i mean, this guy has been in our faces and in the news and, you know, involved with law enforcement since july. yeah, they're the parking tickets -- or is it the speeding tickets? that's one thing. but the 911 call from samantha this week, the 911 call from his ex-wife back in september. >> right. >> both domestic violence calls, both involving the police. this is something where understandably the right wing wouldn't want to wrap their arms around this guy. rev, these things happening right now are things that folks who have been following the case very closely sort of knew would happen. these things that he -- that police have been -- >> because the media wasn't bringing this out. >> well, remember, thanks to the sunshine laws in florida, we know
joining me now are jonathan capehart and goldie taylor. george zimmerman has been in the news all week, yet silence from the right. why, jonathan? >> well, could it be that they're embarrassed or embarr s embarrassed by what george zimmerman has been doing since he was found not guilty in july? i mean, this guy has been in our faces and in the news and, you know, involved with law enforcement since july. yeah, they're the parking tickets -- or is it the speeding tickets? that's one thing....
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goldie taylor is joining me. her new column "breaking black" is featured on the grio every monday. goldie, as this story has gained more traction because this death took place almost two weeks ago, we have supporters in detroit and throughout the country that have held rallies demanding justice. a facebook page has garnered more than 4500 likes. why do you think that this is gaining the traction or galli n galvanizing support around the country for justice? >> you know, the very first thing i thought when i saw her picture is how much she looks like my youngest daughter. and my youngest daughter, i still call her my baby. so there is a mother out here tonight who is missing her baby, who had a car accident in the middle of the night and really went to seek help, you know, at some of the nearest homes. when she knocked on the door, she was shot. so there are going to be questions about this and very reasonable questions that ought to be asked. did the homeowner have a reasonable fear of a woman standing on his porch at that time of the night. could he see her clearly? did she do any
goldie taylor is joining me. her new column "breaking black" is featured on the grio every monday. goldie, as this story has gained more traction because this death took place almost two weeks ago, we have supporters in detroit and throughout the country that have held rallies demanding justice. a facebook page has garnered more than 4500 likes. why do you think that this is gaining the traction or galli n galvanizing support around the country for justice? >> you know, the very...
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what do you think, goldie, is this going to pass? what are the chances? >> i think it will certainly pass the senate. the last time this came up for a vote in 1996, it failed by one vote. so certainly this country has come a very long way from '96 to 2013. but can this piece of legislation pass the house of representatives? >> well, let me tell you, we just got this statement from john boehner's office. the speaker believes this legislation will increase frivolous litigation and cost american jobs, especially small business jobs. susan? >> first, i think it's going to pass with more than five republican votes. i think we may see up to seven or eight republicans vote along with this in the senate. what's sad and disturbing about mr. boehner's comments is that that's what they said about minorities, women, people with disabilities, that we would have all these lawsuits. this is the next progressive step. as this nation progresses and starts opening its mind more to marriage equality and other things, we have to expect to see this type of thing, and they sho
what do you think, goldie, is this going to pass? what are the chances? >> i think it will certainly pass the senate. the last time this came up for a vote in 1996, it failed by one vote. so certainly this country has come a very long way from '96 to 2013. but can this piece of legislation pass the house of representatives? >> well, let me tell you, we just got this statement from john boehner's office. the speaker believes this legislation will increase frivolous litigation and...
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for more, i'm joined by msnbc contributor, goldie taylor, whose column, "breaking black" can be read on thegrio.com today and john rosrosenthal dedicated the pntion of gun violence. this report has a lot of detail but not the one detail so many hoped for, which was a conclusion as to adam lanza's motive. is it important to understand the why or the how, meaning how adam lanza was able to get access to such high-powered weapons? >> i think the plain fact of the matter is, joy, we're not clairvoyant, and we're never going to know exactly can what was happening in adam lanza's mind. we do know he had a complex set of disorders and a complex set of behaviors that went with those disorders. and so his mother did what she could, we believe to, provide him the kinds of support he needed both in the educational setting and at home. what we do know for sure, he had access to a high-capacity magazine and a semiautomatic rifle that could take the life, you know, of dozens of people at one time. and so we do know that that was possible. you see, i am not afraid of the gun collector in middle ame
for more, i'm joined by msnbc contributor, goldie taylor, whose column, "breaking black" can be read on thegrio.com today and john rosrosenthal dedicated the pntion of gun violence. this report has a lot of detail but not the one detail so many hoped for, which was a conclusion as to adam lanza's motive. is it important to understand the why or the how, meaning how adam lanza was able to get access to such high-powered weapons? >> i think the plain fact of the matter is, joy,...